• 143rd most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.14% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 440 words
  • Component in 353 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. shǒu (shou3)hand • (formal) to hold • person engaged in certain types of work • person skilled in certain types of work • personal(ly) • convenient • CL:雙|双[shuang1],隻|只[zhi1]

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for shǒu (shou3)The component is pronounced as 'shǒu' (shou3). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
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Example Words

Common

分手 
射手 
射手座 
手机 (手機)
手气 (手氣)

Uncommon

一手 
上手 
下手 
二手 
二手房 
人手 
伸手 
凶手 (兇手)
入手 
出手 
到手 
助手 
动手 (動手)
右手 
对手 (對手)
左手 
帮手 (幫手)
手下 
手册 (手冊)
手动 (手動)
手势 (手勢)
手套 
手写 (手寫)
手工 
手心 
手指 
手掌 
手提包 
手段 
手法 
手稿 
手续 (手續)
手续费 (手續費)
手腕 
手脚 (手腳)
手臂 
手艺 (手藝)
手术 (手術)
手表 (手錶)
手链 (手鏈)
手镯 (手鐲)
手头 (手頭)
把手 
拉手 
招手 
拱手 
拿手 
措手不及 
握手 
挥手 (揮手)
抢手 (搶手)
携手 (攜手)
放手 
新手 
枪手 (槍手)
歌手 
杀手 (殺手)
洗手 
牵手 (牽手)
空手 
联手 (聯手)
能手 
举手 (舉手)
举手投足 (舉手投足)
着手 (著手)
亲手 (親手)
选手 (選手)
释手 (釋手)
随手 (隨手)
顺手 (順手)
高手 

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  • 454th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.05% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 221 words
  • Component in 26 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. bāo (Bao1)surname Bao
2. bāo (bao1)to cover • to wrap • to hold • to include • to take charge of • to contract (to or for) • package • wrapper • container • bag • to hold or embrace • bundle • packet • CL:個|个[ge4],隻|只[zhi1]

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for bāo (bao1)The component is pronounced as 'bāo' (bao1). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
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Example Words

Common

包括 
包邮 (包郵)
红包 (紅包)
面包 (麵包)

Uncommon

包包 
包含 
包围 (包圍)
包场 (包場)
包子 
包容 
包厢 (包廂)
包扎 
包袱 
包装 (包裝)
包裹 
包车 (包車)
包头 (包頭)
包饭 (包飯)
包饺子 (包餃子)
包养 (包養)
外包 
手包 
手提包 
打包 
挎包 
提包 
书包 (書包)
汤包 (湯包)
皮包 
背包 
腰包 
荷包 
荷包蛋 
钱包 (錢包)

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Decomposition Levels:
Level 1 - Once: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2 - Radical: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3 - Graphical: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
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